Liliana Popescu
Liliana Popescu, née Barbulescu (born 5 February 1982) is a Romanian middle distance runner, who specializes in the 800 metres.
Career
Her personal best is 1:59.34 minutes, achieved in May 2008 in Bucharest. She has 4:00.35 minutes in the 1500 metres, also achieved in May 2008 in Bucharest. She was removed from the Olympic squad prior to the 2008 Summer Olympics, as she failed a doping test for Erythropoietin (EPO) in May. She received a two-year ban from the sport from May 2008 to May 2010.[1]
Popescu ran in the series of the 1500 m at the 2010 European Athletics Championships, but did not finish the race.
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1999 | World Youth Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 5th | 800 m | 2:11.97 |
2000 | World Junior Championships | Santiago, Chile | 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:34.49 |
2003 | Universiade | Daegu, South Korea | 1st | 800 m | 2:00.06 |
2008 | World Indoor Championships | Valencia, Spain | 6th | 1500 m | 4:07.61 |
References
- Liliana Popescu at World Athletics
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- 1959:
Nicole Goullieux (FRA)
- 1961:
Antje Gleichfeld (FRG)
- 1963:
Olga Kazi (HUN)
- 1965:
Laine Erik (URS)
- 1967:
Madeline Manning (USA)
- 1970:
Gunhild Hoffmeister (GDR)
- 1973:
Liyana Tomova (BUL)
- 1975:
Nina Morgunova (URS)
- 1977:
Totka Petrova (BUL)
- 1979:
Nadezhda Mushta (URS)
- 1981:
Doina Melinte (ROM)
- 1983:
Irina Podyalovskaya (URS)
- 1985:
Nadezhda Zvyagintseva (URS)
- 1987:
Slobodanka Čolović (YUG)
- 1989:
Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB)
- 1991:
Inna Yevseyeva (URS)
- 1993:
Amy Wickus (USA)
- 1995:
Stella Jongmans (NED)
- 1997:
Irina Nedelenko (UKR)
- 1999:
Yuliya Taranova (RUS)
- 2001:
Brigita Langerholc (SLO)
- 2003:
Liliana Popescu (ROM)
- 2005:
Svetlana Klyuka (RUS)
- 2007:
Yuliya Krevsun (UKR)
- 2009:
Madeleine Pape (AUS)
- 2011:
Olha Zavhorodnya (UKR)
- 2013:
Margarita Mukasheva (KAZ)
- 2015:
Angie Petty (NZL)
- 2017:
Rose Mary Almanza (CUB)
- 2019:
Catriona Bisset (AUS)
- 2021:
Laura Pellicoro (ITA)
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